The Alt-Right unfortunately falls for a common misconception. This misconception is only popular because it is simple to believe, and offers a simple solution to many global problems. The Alt-Right believes that brutal dictators, like Bashar Al-Assad, can create stability. This is the misconception lying at the heart of Alt-Right support for Assad. However, it ignores the very start of the Syrian civil war in the first place. It was not American intervention that caused this brutal conflict. Rather, it was the Arab Spring, a democratic movement that swept the Arab world in 2011, that led to the civil war. It is natural human tendency to want freedom, and when a dictator takes that freedom away and attacks his own people, people will naturally go to great lengths to earn that freedom back. Unfortunately, the Alt-right does not understand this, and this is why they support Bashar Al Assad.